Tuesday, January 25, 2011

The 4 Four and Under Paint a Play House!

I don't say this enough to him in person, but John is an amazing, outstanding, patient and loving husband and father. No one I know has ever seen a father so attentive as John is, so totally and completely involved in his children's lives. After recently reading his life history, a document that was buried under dozens of boxes in the basement, I learned that he was taught it from his father, who happens to be pretty much the best man I know.

Among the many things John has done for the kids, he has recently put together a play house/jungle gym for them in the backyard, made largely of salvaged material. Not only is he an accomplished play house designer and architect, but he's also frugal! What more could a girl ask for!

And to top it off, for this project he has let go the everything-has-to-be-perfect side of his psyche and decided to let the 4 four and under paint the play house themselves! I adore taking pics of my darling children, and I love to take pictures of painting activities, because there is so much color, so I probably went overboard, but here's how things are going so far!

Thanks for listening!

P.S. My sister and I are finally getting skinnier!
See how we're doing it HERE! :)

I stumbled upon your blog and the title caught my interest! I have 11 children. Wow, what a playhouse. My husband puts up a huge ice rink complete with a heater house and fences to catch all the hockey pucks every winter. Yeah for those innovative dads!!

Jen, different things I noticed in the pictures:~ Baby 'hippo' (as you have dubbed him) seems to have a very happy disposition. His smile is contagious!~ In the picture where John is holding the can of yellow paint - I love how it looks like the paint has gone around the shape of a heart. And yet there are no brush strokes so you know it wasn't a purposeful thing.~ While I get confused over which twin has the title of "A" or "B", I can always tell a part. The one is always so somber and more serious - even when smiling. And always has been. ~ I would encourage you to somehow remove the "Princess" sticker off of your baby swing. ;-pHey, doing so might get you another baby daughter - or even twin daughters. o;-)~ Seeing the boys pain covered feet brought a friend to mind. When they redid the room in their basement, she had painted the walls a rather bright (but washable!) white, and then via painting her five sons feet and hands, put their prints along the walls, each son in a different color. It turned out ever so cute!!!

You ended with "thanks for listening". Your welcome! Thanks for spreading the smiles!!! ;-)

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I'm a Mormon American, mostly vegetarian housewife raising 10 AWESOME kids, including twin toddlers and a newborn, in a tiny farm town in Mexico. I've reluctantly traveled the survivor road when my first husband, and first love, committed suicide in 2004, leaving me a widow with 6 children. Since then, however, I have found happiness, now that I'm remarried, to my soul mate, and about the smartest man on the planet. He totally supports me and reads my blog everyday, possibly because he knows that every night I'm going to ask him if he did. Follow us as I try to find humor and excitement in the everyday affairs of running a home!